From 0172c2e4b162316f5553cbe2a3599c1d4dbb2515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Thaler Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 09:16:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add recommendation for FORM.MEDI usage The proposed recommendation is consistent with sample files: * https://gedcom.io/testfiles/gedcom70/maximal70.ged has MEDIA, OTHER, and ELECTRONIC. * https://github.com/FamilySearch/GEDCOM.io/pull/151 adds obje-1.ged with PHOTO and VIDEO, as copied from https://github.com/gedcom7code/test-files/blob/main/7/obje-1.ged Fixes #316 since it addresses the last piece that wasn't already done Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler --- specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md b/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md index 2fc53b8a..b67b20e4 100644 --- a/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md +++ b/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md @@ -872,6 +872,13 @@ Consider an asset in a repository that is a digital scan of a book of compiled n for this asset, the `CALN`.`MEDI` is recommended to be `ELECTRONIC` rather than `BOOK` or `NEWSPAPER`. ::: +When `MEDI` is a substructure of a `g7:FORM`, it is recommended that its payload describes the medium from which it was derived. + +:::example +Consider a digital photo in a multimedia record; +for this asset, the `FORM`.`MEDI` is recommended to be `PHOTO` rather than `ELECTRONIC`. +::: + #### `MIME` (Media type) `g7:MIME` Indicates the [media type](#media-type) of the payload of the superstructure.